Deadline to register April 3rd! Kurt Jones and the Chaffee County CSU Extension office is offering the Colorado Building Farmers Advanced Course on Tuesday evenings in April from 5:30-9:00pm at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds. This great offering builds off the Colorado Building Farmers Beginning Course led by Kurt Jones each of the last two winters and offers
Guidestone’s Colorado Land Link program hosted its 3rd Annual Land Link Forum in conjunction with the inaugural offering of our Visioning Course for aspiring farmers and ranchers on March 5-6 in Southeast Colorado. The Visioning Course, held Thursday March 5th, was designed to help participants ask some key questions prior to starting an agricultural venture: what
One of the greatest barriers for next generation farmers is the enormous investment required for starting a farm operation. Not only can the cost of farmland be prohibitively high, but acquiring the necessary equipment and improvements can also be a significant financial challenge. Many next generation farmers have not had the opportunity to develop a
Representatives from a number of agricultural organizations gathered in Denver on May 28thto learn of a new service being offered in Colorado – Farm and Ranch Succession Coordination. This meeting was convened by Guidestoneand Colorado State University’s Building Farmers in the West team to announce the team of Farm and Ranch Succession Coordinators that were recently
*This is the 3rd and final in a series written by Guidestone’s AmeriCorps OSM/VISTA member Gunnar Paulsen about Guidestone’s Colorado Land Link events forthcoming in March – the 2nd Annual Land Link Forum and Certified Farm Succession Coordinator Training. The 2nd Annual Land Link Forum is coming up quick, March 7-8th to be precise!